New
New
Year 10
AQA

Understanding connections between identity and artefacts in khan's 'pot'

I can explain how khan presents the importance of artefacts in relation to culture.

New
New
Year 10
AQA

Understanding connections between identity and artefacts in khan's 'pot'

I can explain how khan presents the importance of artefacts in relation to culture.

Lesson details

Key learning points

  1. The poem 'pot' expresses frustration at how artefacts are stolen from cultures globally and housed in Western museums.
  2. Objects are valuable artefacts because they tell us about how people lived and what they valued artistically.
  3. 'pot' reminds the reader that these artefacts represent the identities of other cultures and do not belong in museums.

Common misconception

That your first reading of a poem should involve finding the techniques used.

Reading the poem aloud and then considering the key images within the poem is a more effective way to consider the ideas in the poem.

Keywords

  • Colonialism - the process of one country taking control of another and its resources.

  • Context - the situation, background or environment relevant to the poem’s creation.

  • Artefact - an object made by a human being, typically one of cultural or historical interest.

  • Archaeologist - a person who studies human history through the analysis of objects and other physical remains.

  • Looting - steal goods (from a place), typically during a war or riot

You may wish to spend more time defining and considering colonialism.
Teacher tip

Equipment

You will need access to a copy of the AQA World and Lives anthology for this lesson.

Content guidance

  • Depiction or discussion of discriminatory behaviour

Supervision

Adult supervision recommended

Licence

This content is © Oak National Academy Limited (2024), licensed on Open Government Licence version 3.0 except where otherwise stated. See Oak's terms & conditions (Collection 2).

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6 Questions

Q1.
Which emotion are you likely to feel if someone steals something which belongs to you?
Correct answer: anger
peace
confusion
Q2.
Which of these words most suggests anger?
Correct answer: growl
purr
whine
Q3.
Which of these suggests frustration?
whispering
Correct answer: repeating yourself
laughing
Q4.
The situation, background or environment relevant to a poem’s creation is the .
Correct Answer: context
Q5.
The process of one country taking control of another and its resources is .
Correct Answer: colonialism, colonisation
Q6.
If you describe something as "empty", then it implies it is ...
Correct answer: unfulfilled
fulfilled
satisfied
angry

6 Questions

Q1.
To steal goods (from a place), typically during a war or riot is known as .
Correct Answer: looting
Q2.
In khan's 'pot', what does the quotation "you could almost be an english pot" suggest?
the pot is beautiful
Correct answer: the pot did not originate in England
the pot isn't valuable
Q3.
An object made by a human being, typically one of cultural or historical interest is an .
Correct Answer: artefact
Q4.
A person who studies human history through the analysis of objects and other physical remains is an .
Correct Answer: archaeologist
Q5.
Which word suggests a personal, emotional connection between the maker and the pot in the poem 'pot'?
"used"
"washed"
Correct answer: "patterned"
Q6.
What is the most likely explanation for countries' anger at stolen artefacts being housed in foreign museums?
they think they did not receive appropriate compensation
Correct answer: they think these objects should be in the countries that made them
they think they are not housed appropriately